Plays.
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Later typescript, with a few manuscript corrections of 'The Old Byre at Clashmore' by Robert McLellan., 1965.
Letter of Sir Theodore Martin to James Maidment.
Concerning his own "Madonna Pia: a Tragedy", bound into a copy of the work.
Letters, chiefly addressed to the Reverend John Archibald Glover Thomson, minister of St John's, Hawick., 1895-1935.
The letters are from Mary Pigot, 1913, enclosing a letter by Mrs Stevenson, mother of Robert Louis Stevenson, 1895 (folios 122-127); from Donald Carswell, 1928 (folio 129); from Florence MacCunn, 1935 (folio 133); and from A S M Hutchinson, 1935 (folio 135).
At folios 120-121, 128, are newspaper cuttings, concerning a lecture on Lord Braxfield, undated, the death of Robert Louis Stevenson, 1914, and a play by Donald Carswell, 'Count Albany', undated.
Letters of Sir Compton Mackenzie to L E Berman at the Royalty Theatre concerning one-act plays by Sir Compton Mackenzie., [1911], 1928-1930.
Also included are the typescripts of two plays, 'Self-consciousness', produced at the Apollo Theatre in 1911, and 'The babes in the zoo', 1930, adapted from the novel ‘Poor relations’.
Letters to and miscellaneous papers of Bessie MacArthur., 1929-1973, undated.
Literary and personal papers of Jo Clifford.
Literary and personal papers, c. 1966-2013, of Jo Clifford, comprising mainly playscripts, notebooks and journals. With some earlier family papers including: two travel journals by an unidentified family member, to North Carolina in 1828 and a tour of the United Kingdom and Ireland in 1829; First World War letters of Bertram Clifford, grandfather of Jo Clifford.
Literary and photographic archive of W. Gordon Smith, comprising play scripts, other writings, photographic prints and negatives.
Literary manuscripts and papers of Iain Crichton Smith., 1962, 1981, undated.
Literary manuscripts and personal papers of the poet and art critic, Sydney Goodsir Smith (1915-1975).
Born in New Zealand and educated in England, Sydney Goodsir Smith's first poems were in English, but he began writing in Scots in about 1940 and published several volumes of poetry. He also wrote for the stage, radio and television, as well as editing works of Robert Burns and Robert Fergusson. All these interests are reflected in his papers, but his work as an art critic survives in only a few fragmentary items.
Literary papers and correspondence of Henry Mackenzie.
Includes manuscript of, notes for and letters, circa 1810, 1812-1821, concerning Mackenzie`s "Life of Home". With manuscript page, undated, of "Douglas" by John Home and a diary, circa 1803, of Home`s journey to Bath with David Hume in 1776.
Literary papers and correspondence of John Herdman.
Literary papers and correspondence of the novelist and biographer, Nancy Brysson Morrison (1903-1986).
Nancy Brysson Morrison was the sister of Margaret M Morrison, who wrote under the pseudonym 'March Cost', and T J Morrison, the novelist and script-writer. As well as publishing under her own name, she wrote numerous romances under the pseudonym 'Christine Strathern' between 1942 and 1959, but they are not represented among these papers.
Literary papers, correspondence and artwork of Alasdair Gray.
Literary papers, including manuscripts and typescripts, of Dionysia Press.
Literary papers of A L Kennedy, mainly relating to `What Becomes` and `The Blue Book`.
Literary papers, c.2009-2011, of A L Kennedy, mainly relating to `What Becomes` (London: Jonathan Cape, 2009) and `The Blue Book` (London: Jonathan Cape, 2011).
Literary papers of Andrew Tannahill, including typescripts of plays, poems, articles and translations of French poetry into Scots.
Literary papers of George Blake.
Includes correspondence, typescripts of novels published and unpublished, play-scripts, a diary of a visit to the United States, first copies of published works of fiction and non-fiction. Also includes notes on Blake, copies of articles by him and correspondence and papers of Christopher Dalgleish accumulated in the course of an uncompleted dissertation.
Literary papers of Hector MacIver., 1936-1966, undated.
Literary papers of John Herdman.
Includes literary notebooks, correspondence and manuscripts and typescripts of a novel, a play, short stories, poems, articles and an autobiography.
Literary papers of Joseph Chiari.
Literary papers, circa 1937-1989, of Joseph Chiari; includes manuscripts of poetry, prose, plays and non-fiction work, with some correspondence.
Literary papers of Nancy Brysson Morrison., 1924-1975, undated.
Notes for and some manuscripts of Nancy Brysson Morrison's books and shorter works.
Literary papers of Naomi Mitchison.
Including manuscripts and corrected typescripts of plays, stories, and essays.
Literary papers of Nina, Countess of Minto., 1836-1880.
Literary papers of Norman Malcolm Macdonald.
Includes playscripts, a heavily corrected typescript of an historical novel "The Eternal Surge", correspondence and reviews.